Where does “slappa af” come from?

slappa af (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic slappur, from Danish slap, from Middle Low German slap, from Old Saxon slap, from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.

slappa af (Icelandic): to relax

Definitions

  1. to relax

Ancestry of “slappa af”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicslappurslack, loose; feeble, weak; ill, poorly
2Danishslaploose; limp; slack
3Middle Low Germanslap—
4Old Saxonslapsleep
5Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
6Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep

Words derived from “slappa af”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāp →Every word from Old Saxon slap →